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Selection in Massachusetts' Commonwealth Care Program: Lessons for State Basic Health Plans
Publication Year: 2012

In this brief, SHARE grantee Deborah Chollet and her co-authors Allison Barrett and Amy Lischko analyze risk selection over time in Massachusetts' CommonWealth Care program, which serves low-income adults ineligible for Medicaid, much like a Basic Health Plan under the ACA.  Based on their findings, the authors offer lessons for other states considering whether to form a Basic Health Plan, looking at questions of program design, impacts on the commercial market, and financing and operations.

The Next Generation of Data Linkage Projects: Priority Areas for SNACC under the ACA
Publication Year: 2011

In this brief, SHARE grantee Mike O'Grady (NORC, University of Chicago) details the process of linking data sets, gives an overview of data linkage projects that have been undertaken to date, and considers the potential linkages that would be both relevant and useful in a post-reform environment.  Dr. O'Grady points to several key areas where linked data sets could be beneficial going forward, including the design and implementation of the ACA's health benefit exchanges, comprehension of the complex intersection of Medicare and Medicaid, and reform of the Medicare payment system.

The Impact of Income and Cost Sharing on Health Care Use in State-Subsidized Plans
Publication Year: 2011

Presentation by Beth Kilbreth (Univeristy of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service) at AcademyHealth's 2011 Annual Research Meeting.  Dr. Kilbreth discusses the results of a SHARE-sponsored study evaluating risk selection in public health plans in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.  Dr. Kilbreth explores: (1) whether state-sponsored public plans targeting low-income uninsured workers experience adverse selection; (2) to what extent enrollment risk in these programs is affected by enrollee cost sharing; and (3) how out-of-pocket cost sharing affects utilization among low- and moderate- income public plan enrollees.  The presentation concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the study findings.Presentation by Beth Kilbreth (Univeristy of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service) at AcademyHealth's 2011 Annual Research Meeting.  Dr. Kilbreth discusses the results of a SHARE-sponsored study evaluating risk selection in public health plans in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.  Dr. Kilbreth explores: (1) whether state-sponsored public plans targeting low-income uninsured workers experience adverse selection; (2) to what extent enrollment risk in these programs is affected by enrollee cost sharing; and (3) how out-of-pocket cost sharing affects utilization among low- and moderate- income public plan enrollees.  The presentation concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the study findings.

National Reform: What Can We Learn from Evaluations of Massachusetts?
Publication Year: 2011

In this brief, SHARE grantee Sharon Long and her research team provide a meta-analysis of research on Massachusett's health reform and an assessment of what these findings mean for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and for the evaluation of the ACA's impacts.  In particular, they discuss findings from the range of studies that examine the effects of Massachusetts' health reform on non-elderly adults, focusing on work that has evaluated insurance coverage; health care access and use; and the affordability of care.

The Influence of Benefit Design on Coverage Expansion Initiatives: Impact on Coverage Take-Up and Care Utilization
Publication Year: 2011

This webinar features presentations by SHARE grantees Dr. Genevieve Kenney and Dr. Edward Alan Miller.  Dr. Kenney presents findings from her study of the impact of benefit design changes on preventive care utilization among children enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP in Idaho and Kentucky.  Dr. Miller discusses his analysis of Rhode Island's HEALTHpact program, which aimed to expand coverage in the state's small-group market through insurance plans that incorporate financial incentives for wellness behaviors.